Respond to each prompt using Answer style. Do not insert additional blank lines. Please identify
quotations (through use of quotation marks or block indentation) and identify the source of your
quotations or paraphrases to earn credit for your answers: in parentheses, provide the title and
section number for CMS or for SSF.
1. Distinguish between headline (title) capitalization and sentence capitalization. Is the use
of sentence capitalization the same as use of a “down” style?
2. If Charles Dickens owns a book, which of the following is preferred? (Highlight your
choice in yellow.)
1. Dickens’ book
2. Dickens’s book
3. In general, when discussing a term, is it best to italicize the term, to underline the term, or
to place the term in quotation marks?
4. Distinguish between closed, hyphenated, and open compounds.
5. William Faulkner wrote A Fable. Which of the following questions is standard?
(Highlight your choice in yellow.)
1. Have you read Faulkner’s A Fable?
2. Have you read Faulkner’s Fable?
6. Which of the following are acceptable, assuming that I am a professor? (Highlight your
choices in yellow.)
1. Professor Nord
2. Prof. Roland Nord
3. Prof. Nord
4. Roland Nord, Professor of English
5. Roland Nord, professor of English
6. Roland Nord, professor of english
7. Distinguish between grammar and usage.
8. Should editors discourage writers from ending sentences with prepositions? Why or why
not?
9. Should editors discourage writers from beginning sentences with conjunctions? Why or
why not?
10. What general dictionary does CMS recommend for editors?

10/2/2020 - 2 - Spelling and grammar quiz

Copy the prompt and paste it below (as shown in #11) using Answer style; then, use track
changes to copyedit each sentence for spelling, capitalization, and grammar. If you need to query
the author, insert a comment.
11. They should give a award to whoever the production staff choose as most effective
manager.
They should give a award to whoever the production staff choose as most effective
manager.
12. Remember, it don’t matter who you like; its who you know.
13. After removing the wrench from the cogs, the machinery resumed production.
14. Although she was majoring in Computer Science she hoped to get a job as a technical
writer when she will graduate at the end of Spring Semester 2009.
15. His dissertation entitled Individual Nuclear Disarmament: Nuking Nuclides focused on
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and the affect of radiation on its Adenine, Thymine,
Cytosine, and Guanine bases.
16. As he stood in the grocery express line (for 12 items or less) he mused about the amount
of food on the shelves and the amount of people who shopped at Ralphs’ Pretty Good
Food Store.

The following income statement items appeared on the adjusted trial balance of XYZ Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2021 ($ in 000s): sales revenue, $22,300; dividend revenue from investments, $200; interest revenue $150; cost of goods sold, $14,500; selling expense, $2,300; general and administrative expense, $1,200; interest expense, $300. Income taxes have not yet been accrued. The company's income tax rate is 20% on all items of income or loss. These revenue and expense items appear in the company's income statement every year. The company's controller, however, has asked for your help in determining the appropriate treatment of the following nonrecurring transactions that also occurred during 2021 ($ in 000s). All transactions are material in amount.

1. Investments were sold during the year at a loss of $300. XYZ also had an unrealized gain of $200 for the year on investments. The unrealized gain represents a increase in the fair value of debt securities and is classified as part of other comprehensive income.

2. One of the company's factories was closed during the year. Restructuring costs incurred were $1,000.

3. During the year, XYZ completed the sale of one of its operating divisions that qualifies as a component of the entity according to GAAP regarding discontinued operations. The division had incurred operating income of $500 in 2021 prior to the sale, and its assets were sold at a gain of $ 400.

4. A negative foreign currency translation adjustment for the year totaled $300.

5. Amortization expense was understated by $60 in 2020.

6. The Corporation incurred $100 in research and development costs during 2021.

7. Inventory that had cost $80 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. The inventory was written down to its scrap value of $10.

8. Retained earnings 12/31/20 is $400.

9. One million shares of common stock were outstanding as of 12/31/20. The following additional issuances of shares occurred during 2021: a.) 4/1/21 issued 50,000 shares and b.) 7/1/21 issued 40,000 shares

10., The Corporations declared and paid $100 of preferred dividends and declared $100 (of which $25 will be paid January 15, 2022) of common dividends.

Required:

Based on the all of the information provided, answer the following questions as they would appear in a single, continuous multiple-step statement of comprehensive income for 2021. Round all numbers excepts earnings per share to whole numbers. (each 2 points)

Select and copy sections 1-13 below to answer in the space provided

Gross profit ________________

Total operating expenses ________________

Operating income ________________

Total other revenue/(expense) _______________

Income before Tax ________________

Income tax expense ________________

Income from continuing operations (IFCO) ________________

Discontinued operations ________________

Net income ________________

Other comprehensive income ________________

Comprehensive income ________________

Earnings per share (IFCO only) ________________

Retained earnings 12/31/21 ________________

The following income statement items appeared on the adjusted trial balance of ABC Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2021 ($ in 000s): sales revenue, $22,300; dividend revenue from investments, $200; interest revenue $150; cost of goods sold, $14,500; selling expense, $2,300; general and administrative expense, $1,200; interest expense, $300. Income taxes have not yet been accrued. The company's income tax rate is 20% on all items of income or loss. These revenue and expense items appear in the company's income statement every year. The company's controller, however, has asked for your help in determining the appropriate treatment of the following nonrecurring transactions that also occurred during 2021 ($ in 000s). All transactions are material in amount.

1.   Investments were sold during the year at a loss of $300. ABC also had an unrealized gain of $200 for the year on investments. The unrealized gain represents a increase in the fair value of debt securities and is classified as part of other comprehensive income.

2.   One of the company's factories was closed during the year. Restructuring costs incurred were $1,000.

3.   During the year, ABC completed the sale of one of its operating divisions that qualifies as a component of the entity according to GAAP regarding discontinued operations. The division had incurred operating income of $500 in 2021 prior to the sale, and its assets were sold at a gain of $ 400.

4.   A negative foreign currency translation adjustment for the year totaled $300.

5.   Amortization expense was understated by $60 in 2020.

6. The Corporation incurred $100 in research and development costs during 2021.

7. Inventory that had cost $80 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. The inventory was written down to its scrap value of $10.

8.  Retained earnings 12/31/20 is $400.

9. One million shares of common stock were outstanding as of 12/31/20. The following additional issuances of shares occurred during 2021: a.) 4/1/21  issued 50,000 shares and b.) 7/1/21 issued 40,000 shares

10., The Corporations declared and paid $100 of preferred dividends and declared $100 (of which $25 will be paid January 15, 2022) of common dividends.

Based on the all of the information provided, answer the following questions as they would appear in a single, continuous multiple-step statement of comprehensive income for 2021. Round all numbers excepts earnings per share to whole numbers.

1. Gross profit                                                  ________________
2. Total operating expenses                             ________________
3. Operating income                                         ________________
4. Total other revenue/(expense)                      _______________
5. Income before Tax                                       ________________
6. Income tax expense                                      ________________
7. Income from continuing operations (IFCO)   ________________
8. Discontinued operations                              ________________
9. Net income                                                   ________________
10. Other comprehensive income                      ________________
11. Comprehensive income                               ________________
12. Earnings per share (IFCO only)                   ________________
13. Retained earnings 12/31/21                         ________________

Thank you!

Choose one (1) and only one of the following three 3 assignment options. Investigate and document your response. Provide your response back in this document, and SUBMIT it back using Google Classroom once completed.

Alternative Options list:

1. Information Systems roles and jobs

2. Personal Use of Technology

3. Database creation

Details are provided below:

1. Information Systems roles and jobs:

Prepare a report on purchasing a computer for yourself.

Identify your requirements (what you will need to use it for, how much you would spend, etc.).

Identify at least 3 viable options (actual computers), 2 of them of the same type (e.g. PC) and 1 of them different type (e.g. Apple).

List the specifications for each in a side-by-side table, including:

Hardware specifications (processor, memory, storage, etc.), 1 row for each category item

Software specifications (OS, application software, etc.) 1 row for each category item

Networking specifications

Total cost

Identify which would be the most powerful, which would be the fastest.

Select your best alternative.  

Confirm that it will meet all your requirements, and indicate why you would choose it.

Provide response on table format. Provide final selection and explanation in paragraph format.

1-3 pages max.

2. Personal Use of Technology:

Create a list of at least 4 examples of technologies used by you within the last 2 months.  

For each:

Classify them by IT Component types

Research and identify approximately what year each technology was introduced, and when your specific version was introduced.

Indicate how you have used the technology.  

Indicate what your next-best alternate would have been if you did not have the technology. Estimate the associated impact to you if you did not have the technology (additional time, cost to you per day/week etc.)

Indicate 1 example of something you currently do manually (and that there currently is not a technology solution available yet). Investigate if anyone in the world is already innovating and working on it, and if so, provide a reference (name and link) and some details.

Response should be in table form, 1-3 pages max.

3. Database Creation:

Create a database project with the following requirements, use any professional principles and standards.

Use any relational database software application of your choice to develop database implementing the logical design into a physical design.

create the normalized physical database with tables, columns with data types, primary keys, constraints, etc.

Create a minimum of ten rows of test data in each table.

Submit a Zip .sql file with the scripts needed to create your tables with keys and the insert test rows, etc., into the tables and submit the Assignment Files tab as Zip.

Trace the execution of quicksort on the following array, assuming that the first item in each subarray is the pivot value. Show the values of first and last for each recursive call and the array elements after returning from each call. Also, show the value of pivot during each call and the value returned through pivIndex. How many times is sort called, and how many times is partition called? 55 50 10 40 80 90 60 100 70 80 20 50 22

The following code is provided in the textbook:

/** Implements the quicksort algorithm. */

public class QuickSort {

/** Sort the table using the quicksort algorithm. @pre table contains Comparable objects. @post table is sorted. @param table The array to be sorted */

public static > void sort(T[] table) { // Sort the whole table. quickSort(table, 0, table.length - 1); }

/** Sort a part of the table using the quicksort algorithm.

@post The part of table from first through last is sorted.

@param table The array to be sorted

@param first The index of the low bound
@param last The index of the high bound

*/

private static > void quickSort(T[] table, int first, int last) {

if (first < last) { // There is data to be sorted.

// Partition the table.

int pivIndex = partition(table, first, last);

// Sort the left half.

quickSort(table, first, pivIndex - 1);

// Sort the right half. quickSort(table, pivIndex + 1, last);

}

}

/** Partition the table so that values from first to pivIndex are less than or equal to the pivot value, and values from pivIndex to last are greater than the pivot value.

@param table The table to be partitioned

@param first The index of the low bound

@param last The index of the high bound

@return The location of the pivot value

*/

private static > int partition(T[] table, int first, int last) {

// Select the first item as the pivot value.

T pivot = table[first]; int up = first; int down = last;

do {

/* Invariant: All items in table[first . . . up - 1] <= pivot All items in table[down + 1 . . . last] > pivot */

while ((up < last) && (pivot.compareTo(table[up]) >= 0)) { up++;

}

// assert: up equals last or table[up] > pivot.

while (pivot.compareTo(table[down]) < 0) {

down--; }

// assert: down equals first or table[down] <= pivot.

if (up < down) {

// if up is to the left of down. //

Exchange table[up] and table[down].

swap(table, up, down);

}

}

while (up < down);

// Repeat while up is left of down. //

Exchange table[first] and table[down] thus putting the // pivot value where it belongs.

swap(table, first, down);

// Return the index of the pivot value. return down;

}

A pinball machine has 7 holes through which a ball can drop. Five balls are played and we observe which hole each ball goes down. For example, the first ball could go down hole 1, hole 2, ..., or hole 7 (similarly for the other 4 balls). On each play, assume the ball is equally likely to go down any one of the 7 holes. Find the probability that more than one ball goes down at least one of the holes.

Facts:

Christian Smalls was an employee for five (5) years at the Amazon Fulfillment Center, Staten Island, New York. Mr. Smalls was in a management level position with a job title of Process Assistant. He was terminated on Monday, March 30, 2020, for “violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk.” All Amazon employees are at-will workers.

On March 13, 2020, the Staten Island Fulfillment Center began taking the temperature of all employees reporting to work as a precaution against COVID-19. Barbara Chandler is an Amazon employee at the Staten Island Fulfillment Center and has the title of Associate. Ms. Chandler was supervised by Mr. Smalls. Ms. Chandler reported to work on Tuesday, March 24th after having been tested for COVID-19 (Corona Virus) on Monday, March 23. She had not received the test results, did not have a fever, but definitely was not feeling well.

Mr. Smalls observed that Ms. Chandler did not appear well. She informed Mr. Smalls that she had been tested for COVID-19 and he told her to go home. Ms. Chandler received a positive COVID-19 test result on Wednesday, March 25th and informed the company. At that point, Amazon told Mr. Smalls about the positive result and sent him home to self-quarantine for fourteen (14) days, with pay. This was based on his contact with Ms. Chandler. None of Ms. Chandler’s co-workers were sent home to self-quarantine.

Mr. Smalls did not report to work. He did, however, organize and attend a protest with other workers in front of the Staten Island Fulfillment Center on Monday, March 30. There were two issues that the workers wanted Amazon to address: (1) to temporarily shut down the Fulfillment Center for a deep cleaning because at least one worker was known to have tested positive for COVID-19; and (2) to provide paid sick leave for employees who had not reported to work during the month of March because they were vulnerable based on age or preexisting condition if they were in contact with COVID-19.

After the protest, on Monday, March 30, Amazon terminated Mr. Smalls for “violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk” by coming to the Fulfillment Center for the protest and violating self-quarantine conditions. When asked about Mr. Smalls’ termination, Amazon stated: “Our employees are heroes fighting for their community and helping people get critical items they need in this crisis.” Further, “[w]e have taken extreme measures to keep people safe, tripling down on deep cleaning, procuring safety supplies that are available, and changing processes to ensure employees in our buildings are keeping safe distances.” Evie Fordham, FOX Business, March 30, 2020..

Provide an IRAC (Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion) analysis based on the above facts. Please check also National Labor Relations Act site for more information. There are no other materials or research needed to analyze this situation.

Using the IRAC structure and the facts stated above, provide an analysis of any and all charges that Mr. Smalls could file with the National Labor Relations Board. Be sure to include the following in the analysis:

• Identify the section(s) of the National Labor Relations Act that Mr. Smalls would charge and the facts to support each charge;

• Explain Amazon's response to each charge;

• Explain your conclusions as to whether Mr. Smalls can prove any Unfair Labor Practice against Amazon.

“Amazon's Battle for the Air Just Got Easier; Airlines are dumping old planes, giving the ecommerce
giant the perfect opportunity to expand its cargo fleet at a time of constrained supply
Wall Street Journal; New York, N.Y.; 01 May 2020.
…Due to Covid-19, airlines are now dumping older planes. According to international
advisory firm Ishka, lease rates are down: Renting a Boeing 747-8 freighter is 13% cheaper
than in January. Amazon might even consider using some of its vast cash holdings—$27 billion
at the end of March—to start owning its own fleet. The market value of five-year-old 777s and
Airbus 330s is down almost 10% this year, Ishka said…”
Jupiter Airline Ltd (JAL) is evaluating the possibility of tendering for the license to operate
international flights from Canberra to Queenstown (NZ) for a 5-year period. If its bid is
successful, JAL will have to acquire a new aircraft. Tupoloev Corporation has offered to sell
JAL an aircraft at a price of $70 million. It could be depreciated at a rate of 10 per cent per
annum, straight-line. The estimated disposal value in 5 years' time is $20 million. Alternatively,
JAL can lease the aircraft from Hendrix Leasing. The lease contract calls for five annual lease
payments of $15 million, due at the beginning of each year. Additionally, JAL must make a
security deposit of $1 million that will be returned when the lease expires. JAL can issue bonds
with a yield of 11 per cent per annum and the company income tax rate is 30%.
Required:
Considering both financial and non-financial aspects, advise with reasonings if JAL should
purchase or lease the aircraft given the current market conditions. Show all workings where
calculations are required.

Wildhorse Co. had net income of $175240 and paid dividends of $40000 to common stockholders and $19000 to preferred stockholders in 2020. Wildhorse Co.’s common stockholders’ equity at the beginning and end of 2020 was $862000 and $1370000, respectively. Wildhorse Co.’s return on common stockholders’ equity was

11.00%.

14.00%.

10.00%.

16.00%.

Sheffield Corp. had net income of $163625 and paid dividends of $48500 to common stockholders and $16500 to preferred stockholders in 2020. Sheffield Corp.’s common stockholders’ equity at the beginning and end of 2020 was $890000 and $1250000, respectively. Sheffield Corp.’s return on common stockholders’ equity was

13.75%.

10.75%.

9.75%.

15.75%.